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pinole
1[ pi-noh-lee; Spanish pee-naw-le ]
noun
- corn or wheat, dried, ground, and sweetened, usually with the flour of mesquite beans.
Pinole
2[ pi-nohl ]
noun
- a town in W California.
pinole
/ pɪˈnəʊlɪ /
noun
- (in the southwestern United States) flour made of parched ground corn, mesquite beans, sugar, etc
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Word History and Origins
Origin of pinole1
1835–45, Americanism; < Mexican Spanish < Nahuatl pinolli flour, something ground
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Word History and Origins
Origin of pinole1
from American Spanish, from Nahuatl
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Example Sentences
In his trip of 1772, between Milpitas and Pinole, Crespi mentions seeing or crossing 31 arroyos, all with running water.
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Their food is amole, bellota and pinole and their chiefs are called Mule and Yuma.
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It will be noticed that Vandaih drinks the pinole, which bewitches him, five times instead of the usual four.
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Sixteen days he must fast, and only after the fourth day is he allowed to drink a little pinole.
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But—I should have to buy my fame at the price of living on tortillas and pinole and beans!
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